Vaud government removes Valérie Dittli from finance minister role

The Vaud government announced on Friday that it had removed Valérie Dittli from her role as finance minister in the western Swiss region. This follows an external audit that concluded that the government must take urgent measures to ensure the "proper functioning" of the state. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The audit, which was commissioned in January from former Neuchâtel minister Jean Studer, was presented at a press conference on Friday. It concludes that the government must take measures "as quickly as possible" to ensure "the proper functioning of the state and to protect the health of the employees concerned", wrote the Vaud government in its press release on Friday. The report highlights "a seriously impaired collaboration" between Dittli and the Director General of Taxation, Marinette Kellenberger. This bad understanding extends "beyond the two protagonists", it wrote. Also, a request by Valérie Dittli to cancel tax assessments was considered ...